South Dakota § 47-19-2 - Application for certificate--Contents--Filing.

§ 47-19-2. Application for certificate--Contents--Filing.

In order to procure the certificate required by § 47-19-1, a foreign cooperative shall make application therefor to the secretary of state, which application shall set forth:

(1)    The name of the cooperative and the state or country under whose laws it is incorporated;

(2)    The date of incorporation and the period of duration of the cooperative;

(3)    The street address of the principal office of the cooperative in the state or country under the laws of which it is incorporated;

(4)    The information required by § 59-11-6;

(5)    The purpose or purposes of the cooperative which it proposes to pursue in the transaction of business in this state;

(6)    The names and respective addresses of the directors and officers of the cooperative;

(7)    A statement of its aggregate number of members, and of the number of members by classes, if any;

(8)    A statement of the aggregate number of authorized and issued capital stock itemized by classes, par value of stock, stock without par value, and series, if any, within a class; and

(9)    Such additional information as may be necessary in order to enable the secretary of state to determine whether such cooperative is entitled to a certificate of authority to transact business in this state and to determine and assess fees payable.

Such application shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the secretary of state and an original shall be executed by the chairman of the board of directors, by its president or by another officer. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the Office of the Secretary of State. If the document is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the Office of the Secretary of State may require one exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the document.

Source: SDC 1939, § 11.1149 as enacted by SL 1965, ch 23, § 1; SL 1989, ch 390, § 12; SL 1990, ch 367, § 12; SL 2008, ch 275, § 59; SL 2012, ch 222, § 4.